On Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tried to explain what the “imminent threat” was that started the events that ultimately led to the accidental shooting down of a civilian aircraft, but couldn’t.

Pompeo, asked to define "imminent" in the threat posed by Qasem Soleimani: "This was gonna happen. And American lives were at risk. And we would have been culpably negligent … had we not recommended to the President that he take this action" https://t.co/244aOKfGlHpic.twitter.com/6bTmV8SHGp